ان

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ان (ən)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#انCategory:Afrikaans conjunctions#انCategory:Afrikaans conjunctions in Arabic script#انCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. one
  2. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew ־ן

Suffix

ـَان • (-ān)Category:Arabic lemmas#انCategory:Arabic suffixes#انCategory:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʕbān, “tired”), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, “angry”), زَعْلَان (zaʕlān, “annoyed”), كَسْلَان (kaslān, “lazy”), نَعْسَان (naʕsān, “drowsy”). These adjectives generally have a feminine in َـى (-ā)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ان, e.g. عَطْشَى (ʕaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَعْسَى (naʕsā).

Interfix

َـانـ • (-ān-)Category:Arabic lemmas#انCategory:Arabic interfixes#انCategory:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#انCategory:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. Interfix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ـِيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, “selfish”), based on أَنَا (ʔanā) or عَالَمَانِيّ (ʕālamāniyy, “worldly, secular”), based on عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

Derived terms

Category:Pages using catfix#ان

Suffix

ـَانِ • (-āni) (oblique ـَيْنِ (-ayni)Category:Arabic terms with redundant transliterations#ان, construct ـَا (-ā)Category:Arabic terms with redundant transliterations#ان, oblique construct ـَيْ (-ay)Category:Arabic terms with redundant transliterations#ان)Category:Arabic lemmas#انCategory:Arabic suffixes#انCategory:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. Suffix added to a noun or adjective to form the dual form.
    ‎مُعَلِّم (muʕallim, “teacher”) + ‎ـَانِ (-āni) → ‎مُعَلِّمَانِ (muʕallimāni, “two teachers”)

See also

  • ـُونَ (-ūna, sound masculine pluralizing suffix)
  • ـَات (-āt, sound feminine pluralizing suffix)
Category:Arabic adjective-forming suffixes#انCategory:Arabic inflectional suffixes#ان

Burushaski

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Burushaski entries#ان

Pronunciation

Pronoun

اُن (un)Category:Burushaski lemmas#انCategory:Burushaski pronouns#انCategory:Burushaski entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. you; second-person singular pronoun

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Burushaski entries#ان

Pronunciation

Pronoun

اِن (in)Category:Burushaski lemmas#انCategory:Burushaski pronouns#انCategory:Burushaski entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. he, she; third-person singular pronoun

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “un”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “in”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • إن (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from ArabicCategory:Egyptian Arabic terms inherited from Arabic#انCategory:Egyptian Arabic terms derived from Arabic#ان أَنَّ (ʔanna).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

انّ • (inn)Category:Egyptian Arabic lemmas#انCategory:Egyptian Arabic conjunctions#انCategory:Egyptian Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. Introduces a subordinate clause, always with a subject, nominative or genitive: that
    سمعت انك اشتريت عربية جديدة، مبروك.
    simiʕt innak ištarēt ʕarabiyya gidīda, mabrūk.
    I heard that you bought a new car, congrats.
    Category:Egyptian Arabic terms with usage examples#ان

Gawar-Bati

Etymology

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Gawar-Bati terms borrowed from Sanskrit#انCategory:Gawar-Bati terms derived from Sanskrit#ان अन्न (anna).

Noun

ان (an)Category:Gawar-Bati lemmas#انCategory:Gawar-Bati nouns#انCategory:Gawar-Bati entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. food, diet

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From ArabicCategory:Hijazi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic#انCategory:Hijazi Arabic terms derived from Arabic#ان ـَان (-ān).

Suffix

ـان • (-ān)Category:Hijazi Arabic lemmas#انCategory:Hijazi Arabic suffixes#انCategory:Hijazi Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

  1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān).

Usage notes

  • Intensive adjectives often act as active participles of stative verbs, usually having the pattern فِعِل (fiʕil), for instance:
    زِعِل (ziʕil, “to get sad”) → زعلان (zaʕlān, “sad”)

See also

Category:Hijazi Arabic intensive adjectives

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-dró-s?
Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám
Sanskrit *आ॒न्द्र (*āndrá)
Sanskrit आण्ड (āṇḍa)
Kalami ان

    Inherited from Sanskrit आण्ड (āṇḍa).

    Category:Kalami terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁én#انCategory:Kalami terms inherited from Sanskrit#انCategory:Kalami terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan#انCategory:Kalami terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#انCategory:Kalami terms derived from Sanskrit#انCategory:Kalami terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#انCategory:Kalami terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan#انCategory:Pages with etymology trees#انCategory:Kalami entries with etymology trees#انCategory:Kalami entries with etymology texts#ان

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ان (an) mCategory:Kalami lemmas#انCategory:Kalami nouns#انCategory:Kalami entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Kalami masculine nouns#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. egg

    References

    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “an”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77
    Category:gwc:Eggs#ان

    North Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    Reduction of older إن (ʔin, “if”), from ArabicCategory:North Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic#ان إن (ʔin, “if”).

    Conjunction

    ٱنـ • (n-)Category:North Levantine Arabic lemmas#انCategory:North Levantine Arabic conjunctions#انCategory:North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. if
      Synonyms: إذا (ʔiza), انكنـ (nkann-) (regional), كنـ (kann-, kinn-) (regional)
      • 1961, Said Akl [Akl’s orthography: Saɥid ɥaçl], “Mecwar (Arabic: مشوار, ‘A trip’)”, in Ya̵ra: ceɥr [yāra: šiʕr, Arabic: يارا: شعر, Yara: poetry], 1st edition, page 21:
        N ṣaxx el xelem cu ṣār?
        W mecwar jina ɥa d deni… mecwar…
        [انصحّ الحلم شو صار؟
        ومشوار جينا عالدني... مشوار…]
        n ṣaḥḥ l-ḥilm šū ṣār?
        w mišwār jīna ʕa d-dini… mišwār…
        So what if a dream comes true?
        And we came to this world on a trip… just a trip…
        Category:North Levantine Arabic terms with quotations#ان

    Usage notes

    • Only used with perfective verbs. Falling out of general use compared to إذا (ʔiza), but remains typical in some situations, such as:
      1. In constructions meaning "whether or not"
      2. With the word كان (kān, “to be”), as in انكان (nkān, “if it is”).

    Derived terms

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-TurkicCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic#انCategory:Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#ان *-gan, which is comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-gan and Proto-Tungusic *-kan.

    Suffix

    ان • (-an)Category:Ottoman Turkish lemmas#انCategory:Ottoman Turkish suffixes#انCategory:Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. adjective-forming suffix that, added to the root of a verb, creates non-past participles
      ‎بورـ (bur-, “to twist, wring”)Category:Ottoman Turkish links with redundant wikilinks#ان + ‎ان → ‎بوران (buran, “twisting, wringing, that twists or wrings”)

    Derived terms

    Category:Pages using catfix#ان

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Persian

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? an
    Dari reading? an
    Iranian reading? an
    Tajik reading? an

    Noun

    ان • (an)Category:Persian lemmas#انCategory:Persian nouns#انCategory:Persian entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. (vulgarCategory:Persian vulgarities#ان) Alternative spelling of عن.

    Etymology 2

    EnglishCategory:Persian terms borrowed from English#انCategory:Persian terms derived from English#ان en.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ان • (en)Category:Persian lemmas#انCategory:Persian nouns#انCategory:Persian entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter n in English and other European languages.
    Derived terms
    Category:fa:Latin letter names#ان

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From ArabicCategory:South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic#انCategory:South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic#ان ـَان (-ān).

    Suffix

    ـان • (-ān)Category:South Levantine Arabic lemmas#انCategory:South Levantine Arabic suffixes#انCategory:South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān).

    Usage notes

    • Intensive adjectives often act as active participles of stative verbs, usually having the pattern فِعِل (fiʕil), for instance:
      عطش (ʕiṭiš, “to be thirsty”) → عطشان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”)
      حزن (ḥizin, “to get sad”) → حزنان (ḥaznān, “sad”)

    See also

    Category:South Levantine Arabic intensive adjectives

    Urdu

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Sauraseni PrakritCategory:Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit#انCategory:Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit#ان 𑀅𑀡- (aṇa-), from SanskritCategory:Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit#انCategory:Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit#ان अन्- (an-), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Urdu terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#انCategory:Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ان *n̥- (“not, un-”).

    Alternative forms

    Prefix

    اَنـ • (an-)Category:Urdu lemmas#انCategory:Urdu prefixes#انCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان (Hindi spelling अन-)

    1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.
      ‎ان + ‎کَہا (kahā, “said”) → ‎اَنْکَہا (ankahā, “unsaid, unspoken”)
    Usage notes

    This form is used before words that begin with vowels.

    Derived terms
    Category:Pages using catfix#ان

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    اِن • (in) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling इन)Category:Urdu lemmas#انCategory:Urdu pronouns#انCategory:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#انCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. (proximal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
    2. (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#ان
    3. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, proximal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
    4. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, oblique case) this

    Pronoun

    اُن • (un) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling उन)Category:Urdu lemmas#انCategory:Urdu pronouns#انCategory:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#انCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان

    1. (distal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
    2. (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#ان
    3. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, distal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
    4. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, oblique case) that

    Determiner

    اِن • (in) plCategory:Urdu lemmas#انCategory:Urdu determiners#انCategory:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#انCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان (Hindi spelling इन)

    1. (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#ان
    2. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, oblique case) this

    Determiner

    اُن • (un) plCategory:Urdu lemmas#انCategory:Urdu determiners#انCategory:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#انCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#انCategory:Pages with entries#انCategory:Pages with 12 entries#ان (Hindi spelling उन)

    1. (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#ان
    2. (formalCategory:Urdu formal terms#ان, oblique case) that

    See also

    Urdu personal pronouns
    direct case indirect case ergative case dative/accusative case
    1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko)
    مُجھے (mujhe)
    formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
    plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko)
    ہَمیں (hamẽ)
    2nd person informal (intimate) تُو (tū) تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko)
    تُجھے (tujhe)
    semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko)
    تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)
    formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
    3rd person proximal singular /
    informal    		 یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko)
    اِسے (ise)
    plural /
    formal    		 اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko)
    اِنْہیں (inhẽ)
    distal singular /
    informal    		 وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko)
    اُسے (use)
    plural /
    formal    		 اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko)
    اُنْہیں (unhẽ)
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